I went to Giorgio Baldi in LA, where KimKardashian took Pete Davidson on a date.
I went to the LA restaurant where Kim took Pete Davidson on a date.
Giorgio Baldi's is a celebrity hangout by the beach.
I tried both of the pastas from the two celebrities and they were better than the other one.
Kim and Pete Davidson's romance has been making headlines for weeks, and they definitely turned heads on a recent date night in Los Angeles.
Pete Davidson and KimKardashian attend the Met Gala. Rodin Eckenroth is a correspondent for the People's Choice Awards.
A customer told US Weekly that the couple were "cuddled up and looked cozy" at Giorgio Baldi.
The source said that the restaurant went silent when they first walked in. No one paid attention to them.
I was wondering if Davidson had a fresh hickey on his neck, and if he really did have it on the date.
Why are A-listers so obsessed with Giorgio Baldi?
You could see many celebrities at Giorgio Baldi, including KimKardashian, eating pasta and sipping wine.
In Los Angeles, California, on April 2, 2021, in the Italian Restaurant Giorgio Baldi, there are two people, Justin and Hailey.
Giorgio Baldi is at the spot where Santa Monica and the Pacific Palisades meet. If it wasn't for the sheer star power of the people that follow them and the green hedges that they walk through, you wouldn't know it.
She returned the favor after Davidson took her to his favorite New York restaurant. The reality TV star loves Giorgio Baldi so much that she calls it the best restaurant ever. It's definitely one of her go-to dates because she's been spotted there with her ex-boyfriend, West.
There's no bigger fan of Giorgio Baldi than singer and actress Ri-ri, who loves the restaurant so much that she's been known to eat there three times a week.
The singer is at Giorgio Baldi in Los Angeles, California, on March 28, 2021.
The New York Times reported in May that Elena Baldi, Giorgio Baldi's daughter and the restaurant's manager, said that singer Ri-ri has been coming to the restaurant since she was 18.
Baldi said he remembers when she couldn't drink.
The singer is frequently photographed leaving the restaurant. She told Rolling Stone that she bought a home in the Pacific Palisades because she wanted to be in the restaurant's delivery zone.
Drake gave a shout-out to Giorgio Baldi in his song "Diplomatic Immunity" back in 2018, because he was a fan of the Giorgio Baldi.
When you're not a billionaire reality TV star, a billionaire beauty mogul or Pete Davidson, what is it like to go to Giorgio Baldi? I decided to find out.
I called only a few days in advance to get a 6:30 reservation for Giorgio Baldi, but I was surprised that I was able to get one.
I was at Giorgio Baldi's.
I decided to use a full "Method" for this experience. My boyfriend's name is Peter, and I dressed in all black, like the reality show star.
That's journalistic commitment.
The location of the restaurant was surprising to me.
Giorgio Baldi's.FG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images is on the front.
As we pulled up to an eerily quiet street, I wondered if I'd put the wrong address in. There was no long line around the block, as I've seen at other celebrity hangouts, or a sleek glowing sign like the one at the front of Boa Steakhouse, where TikTok's biggest stars go on the daily.
The location was considered one of the worst in 1990 because it was off from everything.
Giorgio Baldi is a restaurant that is subtle. The front facade is covered with hedges. The full name is written on one side of the building. The door's "gb" is more subtle.
The space is intimate and romantic.
Giorgio Baldi has a tented patio.
Giorgio Baldi has a few tables on its tented patio, as well as a small dining room.
Giorgio Baldi is not flashy, but it is cozy. The teal blue paint on the interior walls made me feel like I was in a small coastal town or the Mediterranean Sea.
The waiter brought fresh bread and olive oil to our table as he greeted us.
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The open kitchen gave the restaurant a consistent soundtrack of meat hitting a hot pan. The room was much smaller than I expected. The tables were so close together it reminded me of tiny Italian restaurants.
Thanks to the dim lighting, Giorgio Baldi still has a feeling of privacy. I can see why celebrities would want to escape and have some pasta.
Baldi told The Times that her father's philosophy was to treat everyone the same.
She said that she had sat people at bad tables. I don't know who you are. Whatever.
We decided to start with a salad since we were going to try a lot of different pastas.
The salad at Giorgio Baldi.
Giorgio Baldi's salad includes sliced raw artichoke hearts with shaved sweet fennel, green onion, shaved pecorino cheese, and a lemon sauce on top.
The salad's presentation was elegant, with the chopped green onions adding a burst of color. The cheese was the star of the plate, with large slices of pecorino adding a strong but delicious saltiness to the veggies.
The sauce is fresh and bright. Peter liked that the salad tasted light and refreshing, and that it gave the dish a "really nice zesty flavor."
A $30 plate of homemade ravioli that has been on Giorgio Baldi's menu since the beginning was next up.
The agnolotti pasta is a favorite dish of KimKardashian.
She defended Giorgio Baldi's agnolotti, which is stuffed with sweet white corn and coated with a white truffle sauce, because she is a big fan of it.
A picture of pasta that was shared by Kim on her social media accounts went viral in 2020.
KimKardashian wrote "July 10, 2020"
I was surprised by how small the portion of our plate was. I'm used to Italian restaurants that serve bowls of pasta big enough to feed a small village, but there were only 18 tiny raviolis on the plate, meaning each one cost almost $2.
The dish was light and nice. The pasta wasn't as creamy as I was expecting and I didn't like much of the corn, but the sauce was delicious and unique. Baldi told The Times that her mother Roberta still comes in every day to make the pasta sauces, and the agnolotti has that authentic, homemade flavor.
We tried a few of the singer's favorite pastas.
Giorgio Baldi's homemade gnocchi is one of the favorites at the restaurant.
The pasta pomodoro with basil is no longer on the menu, but the homemade ravioli filled with ricotta cheese, the homemade gnocchi served with a meat or Gorgonzola sauce, and the pasta pomodoro are still on the menu.
We ordered all three and loved all of the pastas from Ri-ri. Sorry, Kim!
The meat sauce and sprinkle of parmesan on the gnocchi looked beautiful. I'm not a big fan of gnocchi, but these tasted like pillows. Peter thought the pasta was very soft. I wouldn't think to serve gnocchi with a meat sauce, but it was light enough not to overwhelm the pasta.
The pasta pomodoro was our favorite dish.
The pasta pomodoro is no longer on the menu, but still available.
We were still hungry after three pastas. The pastas took over an hour to come to the table, which was longer than we expected.
We were very excited when we saw this plate of spaghetti. Giorgio Baldi had saved the best for last.
Peter said that the red sauce was the best he had ever had.
The pasta pomodoro we ordered that night was so rich in flavor, it was hard to tell it was a simple dish. The sauce was light and sweet, and it complemented the delicious spaghetti. I could have eaten another plate of this.
We needed something sweet after so much food.
The crme brulée was very good.
Peter exclaimed after our waiter brought the dish to our table.
The crme brulée was delicious. The top made that crack as we dug our spoons in and the dessert was creamy and delicious, sticking to the traditional flavor but still making it memorable. Giorgio Baldi's crme brulées still tasted special, even though I have probably had hundreds of them.
I'd definitely go to Giorgio Baldi's again, but I'll probably skip the pasta from Kim.
I would order the pasta pomodoro again.
The atmosphere was what I loved most about Giorgio Baldi. It felt romantic instead of flashy.
Giorgio Baldi's Branzino was on the specials the night we went, and I would love to try it.
I will agree that you can have a nice date at Giorgio Baldi's, especially with a Peter, even if you don't have the same taste in pasta.
I'm going to stick with the pasta order from Ri-ri.
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